Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio’s Dave Fallon for our weekly business segment The Bottom Line.

This week Mark and Dave talk about computer security with cyber threat expert Brandon Catalan.  Their discussion centers around “ransomware,” a type of malware that encrypts your files then asks for a ransom to get them back.

When to listen

You can hear The Bottom Line each Friday at 5:50pm.

Do you have insight or expertise on this topic? Please email us, we’d like to hear from you. news@ripr.org    

Elisabeth Harrison's journalism background includes everything from behind-the-scenes work with the CBS Evening News to freelance documentary production. She joined the WRNI team in 2007 as a Morning Edition...